Wanted: Losing Scratch Off Lottery Tickets

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:08 pm

slym2none wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:The people that are aggrevating are the ones that buy a ticket, scratch it off real quick, win 2 bucks and ask for two more tickets while other people are standing in line.
Heh - I don't allow scratching any ticket at the counter. I have a sign (which they try to ignore) and I have a loud voice. That one always works.

-slym

I wish you'd teach the clerks around here how to do that. Old folks are usually the worst about it.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:21 pm

Too many clerks are really subservient. I am not - we have to keep our bathroom locked (it's inside the store) and of course, no-one asks first, they all go and try the door, see it's locked, and from in front of the bathroom (45 feet away from the counter, where the key is) they ask if someone is in there, or do they need a key. I tell them yes, they need a key, and they just stand there. I know I am a clerk at the store, but I am not some slave! They EXPECT me, no matter how busy I am, to take the key down to them! I will NOT take the key to these people, at most I take it out and lay it on the counter, saying "it's right here."

If they make a fuss, I take the key back and tell them "that's why we keep it locked" because I know they will make a mess in there afterwards. I am not joking, and truly - that's why we keep it locked.

-slym (has said that he is a crotchety old man in a younger man's body)

Philflound · Post by **Philflound** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:02 pm

Well, I went to the local mini mart on the way back from getting my paperwork to do substitution today. I bought 3 tickets I knew I didn't have, one of which was the Treasure Hunt (not Treasure Chest like I thought). One was a Father's Day for $1, one was Birthday Wishes, and the third the Treasure one. $5 spent. I get home with my lucky penny. I scratch off the Father's Day and win $1. I move on to the Birthday Wishes and win $20. I finally lost on my Treasure Hunt, so I now have that to add to my collection after the 3rd try. So I'm up $16 again. I went back to the same store. Pocketed $10, so I kept $5 profit and bought 5 more tickets, all of which I don't have. I'm about to scratch them off in a few minutes. If I win, I'll post here later today.

Phil

gowaltrip · Post by **gowaltrip** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:40 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:The people that are aggrevating are the ones that buy a ticket, scratch it off real quick, win 2 bucks and ask for two more tickets while other people are standing in line.
Heh - I don't allow scratching any ticket at the counter. I have a sign (which they try to ignore) and I have a loud voice. That one always works.

-slym
I wish you'd teach the clerks around here how to do that. Old folks are usually the worst about it.

Its always when you're on your way to work too.

And you had just enough time to stop and get something you needed at the store. And then BAM!....Somebody obviously retired....getting $50 worth of print outs. Once done, looking at the tickets and going...I want 3 of these...and 4 of those...and "whats the highest payout on that one?"...And "I need to cash these in..."

AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

Philflound · Post by **Philflound** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:41 pm

Ok, don't know if it's a curse or not, but I won another $16. The Father's Day for $1 yielded nothing. Roulette for $3 yielded nothing. Football Fever for $2 yielded nothing. Birthday Wishes at $2 gave me $4 this time and Win For Life at $3 gave me $12.

So my 2 days went like this.

$5 spent on scratch off yesterday, $10 winnings = +$5 total
$5 spent this morning yielded $21 winnings = +$16 total
$11 spent this afternoon yielded $16 winnings = +$5 total

Grand total I'm up +$26 since yesterday.

So tomorrow I'll be buying more tickets with the winnings, probably $10 and pocket the extra $6. I'll keep everyone posted. This is so fun. I'm building my collection without spending any money.

Phil

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:11 pm

gowaltrip wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
slym2none wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:The people that are aggrevating are the ones that buy a ticket, scratch it off real quick, win 2 bucks and ask for two more tickets while other people are standing in line.
Heh - I don't allow scratching any ticket at the counter. I have a sign (which they try to ignore) and I have a loud voice. That one always works.

-slym
I wish you'd teach the clerks around here how to do that. Old folks are usually the worst about it.
Its always when you're on your way to work too.

And you had just enough time to stop and get something you needed at the store. And then BAM!....Somebody obviously retired....getting $50 worth of print outs. Once done, looking at the tickets and going...I want 3 of these...and 4 of those...and "whats the highest payout on that one?"...And "I need to cash these in..."

AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!

I feel your pain, I can't tell you how many times that exact same thing has happened to me.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:22 am

slym2none wrote:Too many clerks are really subservient. I am not - we have to keep our bathroom locked (it's inside the store) and of course, no-one asks first, they all go and try the door, see it's locked, and from in front of the bathroom (45 feet away from the counter, where the key is) they ask if someone is in there, or do they need a key. I tell them yes, they need a key, and they just stand there. I know I am a clerk at the store, but I am not some slave! They EXPECT me, no matter how busy I am, to take the key down to them! I will NOT take the key to these people, at most I take it out and lay it on the counter, saying "it's right here."

If they make a fuss, I take the key back and tell them "that's why we keep it locked" because I know they will make a mess in there afterwards. I am not joking, and truly - that's why we keep it locked.

-slym (has said that he is a crotchety old man in a younger man's body)

Good story, slym. I used to work in a gas station/mini market/convenience store back in the day. The difference is we didn't have a public restroom. You should have heard all the people who used to *SQUEE* about it. My favorite question was always, "Well, where do you go to the bathroom?". I would tell them "In the Emlpoyees Only bathroom we have here in the back." People expected me to let them go back there and use it, but there was a mop sink on the floor, so all we needed was some person to go back there and slip and fall, and then we would have been looking at a fat lawsuit.

Another pet peeve I had was people who would come in at 3:00 in the morning and ask me to make them a hoagie. We had a deli where we made our own sandwiches, but after a certain hour, we had to break it down and clean everything, meat slicer, utensils, you name it. I would often tell people the deli was closed, but that seemed to *SQUEE* off a lot of people.

Just having customers in general on 3rd shift is kind of a nuisance. The 3rd shift guys are the ones who have to do all the cleaning after people slop up the store all day. It's not exactly a thrill to have to stop what you're doing so some yo-yo can come in at the wee hours and buy a pack of smokes. It's the job, but it was a pain. Glad I don't work with the public any longer!

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:37 am

Brother J wrote:
slym2none wrote:Too many clerks are really subservient. I am not - we have to keep our bathroom locked (it's inside the store) and of course, no-one asks first, they all go and try the door, see it's locked, and from in front of the bathroom (45 feet away from the counter, where the key is) they ask if someone is in there, or do they need a key. I tell them yes, they need a key, and they just stand there. I know I am a clerk at the store, but I am not some slave! They EXPECT me, no matter how busy I am, to take the key down to them! I will NOT take the key to these people, at most I take it out and lay it on the counter, saying "it's right here."

If they make a fuss, I take the key back and tell them "that's why we keep it locked" because I know they will make a mess in there afterwards. I am not joking, and truly - that's why we keep it locked.

-slym (has said that he is a crotchety old man in a younger man's body)
Good story, slym. I used to work in a gas station/mini market/convenience store back in the day. The difference is we didn't have a public restroom. You should have heard all the people who used to *SQUEE* about it. My favorite question was always, "Well, where do you go to the bathroom?". I would tell them "In the Emlpoyees Only bathroom we have here in the back." People expected me to let them go back there and use it, but there was a mop sink on the floor, so all we needed was some person to go back there and slip and fall, and then we would have been looking at a fat lawsuit.

Another pet peeve I had was people who would come in at 3:00 in the morning and ask me to make them a hoagie. We had a deli where we made our own sandwiches, but after a certain hour, we had to break it down and clean everything, meat slicer, utensils, you name it. I would often tell people the deli was closed, but that seemed to *SQUEE* off a lot of people.

Just having customers in general on 3rd shift is kind of a nuisance. The 3rd shift guys are the ones who have to do all the cleaning after people slop up the store all day. It's not exactly a thrill to have to stop what you're doing so some yo-yo can come in at the wee hours and buy a pack of smokes. It's the job, but it was a pain. Glad I don't work with the public any longer!

You ought to both change your names to Dante.

At least your girl-friends never did a dead guy in the bathroom.

Story from my Best Buy days: Working at a CS in Conway, AR, had this rather large female regular customer with severe hydrophobia (and the ground-in-FUNK smell to match) that would drive up in a Jaguar and pay for everything with pennies. And she'd buy crap that nobody else did: 10 boxes of Epsom salts? (WTF?) Anyway, I christened her "Penny-Annie" and we were always glad to see her . . . leave. But she was quiet, not really that much of a pain except for having to stand back from the stench-radius while she counted out 1,000 coppers. Of course, except for one time:

Annie walks in, grabs all the Epsom salts in the store. There's only 8 boxes, wants 2 more, asks if I have any in the back.

Hobo: Sorry, we were shorted two this week.
Annie: Why?
Hobo: Vendor made a mistake, I guess; guy was gone when I stocked the bins.
Annie: Mistakes suck! You know, last time I made a mistake, my boyfriend got so mad at me that he just ate me out right there at the table in front of my momma.
Hobo: That may be the worst thing I've ever heard someone say.
[Randal starts laughing his butt off in the background.]
Annie: I know! [starts counting 8 hundred+ pennies.]

I still get a bit green at the mental image.

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:57 am

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Hobo: Sorry, we were shorted two this week.
Annie: Why?
Hobo: Vendor made a mistake, I guess; guy was gone when I stocked the bins.
Annie: Mistakes suck! You know, last time I made a mistake, my boyfriend got so mad at me that he just ate me out right there at the table in front of my momma.
Hobo: That may be the worst thing I've ever heard someone say.
[Randal starts laughing his butt off in the background.]
Annie: I know! [starts counting 8 hundred+ pennies.]

I still get a bit green at the mental image.

Ughh, I hope the expression she was going for was "chewed me out"! What she actually said was kind of scary, especially considering the odor problem.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:01 am

Brother J wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:Hobo: Sorry, we were shorted two this week.
Annie: Why?
Hobo: Vendor made a mistake, I guess; guy was gone when I stocked the bins.
Annie: Mistakes suck! You know, last time I made a mistake, my boyfriend got so mad at me that he just ate me out right there at the table in front of my momma.
Hobo: That may be the worst thing I've ever heard someone say.
[Randal starts laughing his butt off in the background.]
Annie: I know! [starts counting 8 hundred+ pennies.]

I still get a bit green at the mental image.

Ughh, I hope the expression she was going for was "chewed me out"! What she actually said was kind of scary, especially considering the odor problem.

Man, she had to mean "chewed," but I was only half-way paying attention until the 3 magic words hit my brain and I responded without really thinking. Go figure.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:25 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:You ought to both change your names to Dante.
At least your girl-friends never did a dead guy in the bathroom.

-slym

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:26 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:
Brother J wrote:
X-O HoboJoe wrote:Hobo: Sorry, we were shorted two this week.
Annie: Why?
Hobo: Vendor made a mistake, I guess; guy was gone when I stocked the bins.
Annie: Mistakes suck! You know, last time I made a mistake, my boyfriend got so mad at me that he just ate me out right there at the table in front of my momma.
Hobo: That may be the worst thing I've ever heard someone say.
[Randal starts laughing his butt off in the background.]
Annie: I know! [starts counting 8 hundred+ pennies.]

I still get a bit green at the mental image.

Ughh, I hope the expression she was going for was "chewed me out"! What she actually said was kind of scary, especially considering the odor problem.
Man, she had to mean "chewed," but I was only half-way paying attention until the 3 magic words hit my brain and I responded without really thinking. Go figure.

Your response was QUITE appropriate, either way!

-slym

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:02 pm

slym2none wrote:Too many clerks are really subservient. I am not - we have to keep our bathroom locked (it's inside the store) and of course, no-one asks first, they all go and try the door, see it's locked, and from in front of the bathroom (45 feet away from the counter, where the key is) they ask if someone is in there, or do they need a key. I tell them yes, they need a key, and they just stand there. I know I am a clerk at the store, but I am not some slave! They EXPECT me, no matter how busy I am, to take the key down to them! I will NOT take the key to these people, at most I take it out and lay it on the counter, saying "it's right here."

If they make a fuss, I take the key back and tell them "that's why we keep it locked" because I know they will make a mess in there afterwards. I am not joking, and truly - that's why we keep it locked.

-slym (has said that he is a crotchety old man in a younger man's body)

I'm gonna have to go poop in your store some time just to teach you a real lesson!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:30 pm

depluto wrote:
slym2none wrote:Too many clerks are really subservient. I am not - we have to keep our bathroom locked (it's inside the store) and of course, no-one asks first, they all go and try the door, see it's locked, and from in front of the bathroom (45 feet away from the counter, where the key is) they ask if someone is in there, or do they need a key. I tell them yes, they need a key, and they just stand there. I know I am a clerk at the store, but I am not some slave! They EXPECT me, no matter how busy I am, to take the key down to them! I will NOT take the key to these people, at most I take it out and lay it on the counter, saying "it's right here."

If they make a fuss, I take the key back and tell them "that's why we keep it locked" because I know they will make a mess in there afterwards. I am not joking, and truly - that's why we keep it locked.

-slym (has said that he is a crotchety old man in a younger man's body)
I'm gonna have to go poop in your store some time just to teach you a real lesson!

Now that paints a pleasant picture.....

Philflound · Post by **Philflound** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:04 am

Wow this got off topic.

Anyway, I want to thank anyone who has been holding tickets or just sent them to me. I'm starting to acquire quite a collection. Please keep them coming and save lots for me. Thanks.

Phil

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:44 pm

Phil, shoot me a PM with your address. I have one of almost every one we have here in NC. I didn't get a "Bingo" card as no-one ever scratches them off right in the store (they take some time to play.)

-slym

HippityHoppity · Post by **HippityHoppity** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:55 am

Sorry Phil looks as if you have some competition.

http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132683.htm

speedracex · Post by **speedracex** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:53 pm

Philflound wrote:Wow this got off topic.

Anyway, I want to thank anyone who has been holding tickets or just sent them to me. I'm starting to acquire quite a collection. Please keep them coming and save lots for me. Thanks.

Phil

Phil, cant you just have the guy at the counter scan the ticket for you to see if its a winner, instead of scratching it off, im sure the tickets would look alot nicer unscratched, I know a friend that does that all the time

interesting hobby

speedracex · Post by **speedracex** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:48 pm

HippityHoppity wrote:Sorry Phil looks as if you have some competition.

http://www.lotterypost.com/news/132683.htm

I just read this, very interesting

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:04 am

speedracex wrote:
Philflound wrote:Wow this got off topic.

Anyway, I want to thank anyone who has been holding tickets or just sent them to me. I'm starting to acquire quite a collection. Please keep them coming and save lots for me. Thanks.

Phil
Phil, cant you just have the guy at the counter scan the ticket for you to see if its a winner, instead of scratching it off, im sure the tickets would look alot nicer unscratched, I know a friend that does that all the time

interesting hobby

I don't know about other places, but in NC, there is a number on the front of the card where you have to scratch at least that area to see it - a bar-code on the back and a numbe on the front underneath the layer of stuff.

-slym